Letter

Richd. C. Drum to Fourth Regiment Infantry California Volunteers, December 24, 1861

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal.

Col. FERRIS FORMAN, Fourth Regiment Infantry California Volunteers, Commanding Camp Sigel, near Auburn, Cal.:

Str: So soon as Colonel Bowie’s regiment is moved south you will be instructed to take post with the headquarters and five companies at Camp Union, near Sacramento, Cal. As your command is supplied to the 15th proximo, no additional supplies will be sent to Auburn.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

RICHD. C. DRUM,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861. Location: HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal..
Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 1 View original source ↗